彼の家族は４０年前に母国からブラジルへ移住しました。

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English Translation

His family emigrated from their mother country to Brazil forty years ago.

Furigana

彼(かれ)の家族(かぞく)は４０年(ねん)前(まえ)に母国(ぼこく)からブラジルへ移住(いじゅう)しました。

Romanji

Kare no kazoku wa yon zero nen mae ni bokoku kara Burajiru e ijūshimashita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

家族 (かぞく)

family; members of a family

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

母国 (ぼこく)

one's homeland

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

伯剌西爾 (ブラジル)

Brazil

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

移住 (いじゅう)

migration; immigration